Sometimes you need to start again, in order to fly
ALICIA KEYSSometimes you need to start again, in order to fly
ALICIA KEYSWe have the potential to help people out of poverty, out of disease, out of slavery and out of conflict. Too often we turn the other way because we think there’s nothing we can do.
ALICIA KEYSBusiness can change you, and chew you up, and spit you out, and be rid of you, and on to the next thing. That’s why it’s so important to know who you are and stand up for something.
ALICIA KEYSEarly on in my career, I was more closed off in every way. I thought I was protecting myself; instead, I was robbing myself of all I could learn and experience.
ALICIA KEYSI pray to give thanks and to recognize all the good things that are in my life even during times of great change, confusion, or frustration.
ALICIA KEYSI think you are who you are, and your kids will see who you are. So you’d better be a good person, because they are going to see it, and that’s going to shape them. They are going to become you.
ALICIA KEYSYou’ve got to love what’s yours.
ALICIA KEYSThe more you know the stronger you become, the closer you feel to yourself and the farther you can go.
ALICIA KEYSI’ve been able to find a lot of what I’ve not had before: freedom, bravery, fearlessness. It’s empowering to find those things.
ALICIA KEYSThe most important thing is to be proud of the work that you put into something, and put the ego aside.
ALICIA KEYSYou can’t really compare people. That’s one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned, because comparing yourself to someone else really stops you from being who you are.
ALICIA KEYSWhat breaks my heart is suffering of any kind.
ALICIA KEYSI’ve always expressed myself best through writing. I’ve gotten out all of my deepest feelings that way for as long as I can remember.
ALICIA KEYSYes I was burned but I called it a lesson learned. Mistake overturned so I call it a lesson learned. My soul has returned so I call it a lesson learned…another lesson learned.
ALICIA KEYSMy life is rich because I have those kinds of people in my life.
ALICIA KEYSIt’s karma, baby. And it goes around.
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